WEBVTT IS GETTING SOME NOTICE AS WELLAS A DECENT DECEMBER! THE FIRSTFIGURES ARE IN FOR MIAMI VALLEYGAMING.... THE RACINO.... THATOPENED LAST MONTH NEAR MONROE.THAT'S WHERE WLWT NEWS 5'S JOHNLONDON .... IS LIVE TONIGHT ...JUST UNDER $70 MILLION INWAGERING ON THE V-L-T'S. ALMOST$63 MILLION WON. THAT'S APARTIAL MONTH. PATRONS INSIDEWHO'VE BEEN TO THE BOATS ANDDOWNTOWN ARESTARTING TO FEEL PARTIAL TO THISPLACE.Not quite a month old yet, theregion's first racino is givingthe more traditional casinos arun for their money.(sound of slots) During the lasttwo-and-a-half weeks ofDecember, Miami Valley Gamingtook in $5.7 million. Theaverage win per day was $181.That has gamers like thisLincoln Heights woman comingback for more.(Berta Mosley - Lincoln Heights)("I love their valet services.You pull right up to the door,you don't have to worry aboutgoin' through no garage. I justfeel very safe here and open. Ilove the machines and I havebeen winning a little bit.")(laughs) The first month focusof this $175 million gamingfacility was operationally tomakesure they were in the game. Theybelieve they've accomplishedthat. Now, with horse racingstarting here in a month, theyare eager to ride even higherrevenue in the Spring months.With1600 slots, this is a nichemarket sort of place. Almost asabadge of honor, they'll saythey're not your Las Vegas-stylegaming facility.(Jeff Nelson - Director ofMarketing, Miami Valley Gaming)("We're the regional gaming.We're the place where everyoneknows your name and you want tocome back to on a regularbasis.") The Smiths of WestChester were here day one.They've been to the Indianaboats, the Horseshoe downtown,but one easily detects anew-found fondness for thisracino.(Rue Smith - West Chester)("Open space, it's notcrowded.") They like the layout,the wide aisles that reducecongestion. The MarketingDirector says he is pleased withthe initial revenue report(more sound of slot machines)And is sticking to a projectionof $125 million during the firstfull year.THE GAMING MARKET GETS MORECROWDED IN THE YEAR AHEAD WHENTHE RACINO AT RIVER DOWNS OPENS.THAT WILL COMPETE DIRECTLY WITHMIAMI VALLEY GAMING. BUT, THEYFEEL GOOD ABOUT ESTABLISHINGTHEMSELVES HERE. ON WEEKENDS,THEY PULL IN UPWARDS OFTEN-THOUSAND GAMERS. LIVE INTURTLECREEK TOWNSHIP, JOHNLONDON, WLWT NEWS FIVE.AND THE MONTHLY NUMBERS ARE OUT